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In this workshop we intend to research the logic of a specific fabrication process combined with a constructive system as the main driver of architectural design. We will apply robotic processes that unlike common CNC machines not only allow the control of the machines movement, but the actual fabrication process itself. Rather than defining a specific geometry, the students in the workshop will generate their designs by programming specific material manipulations.
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Tobias Bonwetsch is senior researcher at ETH’s Laboratory for Architecture and Digital Fabrication chaired by Gramazio & Kohler. He studied architecture and graduated from the Technical University of Darmstadt. After gaining working experience as an independent architect, he completed his postgraduate studies at the ETH Zurich with a specialisation in Computer Aided Architectural Design. His research is concerned with integrating the logic of digital fabrication into the architectural design process, with a special focus on additive production methods. Currently he is completing his doctoral thesis at the ETH.
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Ralph Baertschi studied theoretical physics at the University of Zurich and received a PhD in mathematics at the ETH. He worked for several years as a software engineer mainly in the field of railway noise protection planning and GIS-systems. Since 2006, he is senior researcher at ETH’s Laboratory for Architecture and Digital Fabrication, Gramazio & Kohler, where he is mainly responsible for research on room-acoustics as well as various programming tasks.
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